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Fabulous Bird Snaps from Marcel Bandaranaike in Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Changeable Hawk Eagle ALSO SEE http://www.dailynews.lk/?q=local/top-seven-wild-sri-lanka-flagship-species Pond Heron at Thalawatugoda Pond herons at Bundala Scaley-Breasted Munia– Nuwara Eliya Serpent Eagle — owning the sky young Malbar Hornbill Crested Hawk Eagle Changeable Hawk Eagle Asian Koel at Thalagama off Colombo Asian Paradise Flycatcher at Thanamalwila Black Hooded Oriole Talangama Chestnut Hooded Beeeater– Wilpattu Egrets at Korna Wewa Yala ...

Jan 4, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Fabulous Bird Snaps from Marcel Bandaranaike in Lanka, Michael Roberts

Marcel Bandaranaike strikes wild life gold at Yala-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis From THE OLD ALOYSIAN with thanks to Marcel a sloth bear trudges down the track … while a leopard ruminates over his kill elephants at Menik Ganga crocs bask at Korna Wewa … . …while one lunges at deer elsewhere early morn blues …. and a cautious quenching of thirst . deer on the move ...

Jan 4, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Marcel Bandaranaike strikes wild life gold at Yala, Michael Roberts

A British Bike-Man’s Bike Ride in Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis A Beautiful tale … with British humour … and stunning pictures …. disguising the hard yards A MUST SEE: http://www.elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1687848 Robs’ Sri Lanka Trip Rob at Dondra head … southernmost point In the temple courtyard, a school lesson was taking place (pic). I’m always intrigued by the fact that the further away you get from England, the more spotlessly white the children’s uniforms. at Uda Walawe National Park the main thing was the elephants, and we saw zillions of them, lumbering around and munching vast clumps of vegetation. Many were family groups, such as this mother and baby (pic). We also spotted kingfishers, mongooses, painted storks, peacocks, serpent eagles, buffalo, crocodiles, various fat lizards, and two chameleons, but obviously the photos of them didn’t come out because they blended into the background as soon as they saw us. and ONLY IN SRI ...

Jan 4, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Michael Roberts, Uda Walawe National Park

Birds and Wild Life at Bundala Park, Lanka, January 2018-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Zac Roberts Ronald an ALIYA munching munchy marsh grass Brahminy Kite Painted Stork Crested Hawk Eagle Intermediate Egret Peahen Grey Heron Black-winged Stilt Intermediate Egret White breasted Kingfisher Asian Openbill just a rear view … with the paint still on A crocodile in repose A Lad in flight ...

Jan 4, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Birds and Wild Life at Bundala Park

Tamil X’mas Parade in New York Conveys Devotional Fare, 2023 – By Michael Roberts Source : thuppahis Sent to Thuppahi by Ranjit Sirimanne …. revealing and arousing warmth in wintry conditions through song and traditional X’mas figures and vehicles …. ENJOY … ...

Jan 2, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Michael Roberts Tagged Conveys Devotional Fare 2023, Michael Roberts, New York, Ranjit Sirimanne, Tamil X’mas Parade in New York, X’mas

JLK Van Dort’s Vibrant 19th Century Sketches of British Ceylon-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Ismeth Raheem, in the Sunday Times, 24 December 2023, where the title reads “A Christmas sketch among the many 19th century social events captured by J.L.K. Van Dort” . … An Item conveyed to me by David Sansoni of Sydney and now sibject to my=highlighting emphasis (Editor, Thuppahi) J.L.K. Van Dort who flourished in the latter half of the 19th century in Sri Lanka could well be described as the ‘Hogarth of Ceylon’. He was undoubtedly the best-known painter and illustrator working in the country at the time. From 1850 up till to his death in 1896, he recorded almost every social event of importance with his deft quick sketches, including religious festivals like Christmas. Born on July 28, 1831, in Small Pass in the Fort of Colombo, his father – an architect, surveyor and artist of some fame is said to have had a ...

Jan 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Andrew Nicholl, Hippolyte Silvaf, Michael Roberts

AULD LANG SYNE …. For All Ye Visitors to THUPPAHI-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis AULD LANG SYNE …. Two Renderings Rod Stewart – Auld Lang Syne …. Live at Stirling Castle = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaSQJjkfTAk Last Night Of The Proms 2023 – Live At The Royal Albert Hall = ...

Jan 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Michael Roberts

The TSUNAMI Hit on Sri Lanka, 26 December 2004 on Video & Camera-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis The Video is courtesy of Felix Sirimanne and apart from its awesome pictorial display indicates that 35,322 lives were lost. All of us will be aware of friends or acquaintances whose sojourn on earth was rudely obliterated on that day…. For my part I deploy this recollection of a sad moment to doff my cap to Sujeeva Kamalasuriya, a young man who represented Sri Lanka in its Under 19 tour of Australia in the 1980s and then migrated to Adelaide where he was part of out Lankan cricketing circle. He was holdiaying at Unawatuna near Galle …. as it happens one of my favourite spots for snorkelling from years past to the present — when the tsunami hit and swallowed his life. ...

Jan 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Kushil Gunasekera, Sujeeva Kamalasuriya

Two New Cricket Captains for Sri Lanka-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Item in The Island, 31 December 2023 ….. with highlighting imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi Dasun Shanaka’s reign as Sri Lanka’s white-ball captain has come to an end as Sri Lanka’s new selection committee appointed Kusal Mendis and Wanindu Hasaranga to lead the ODI and T20I sides, respectively. With Dimuth Karunaratne currently leading the Test side, this is the first time Sri Lanka have three different captains in the three formats. Shanaka first captained Sri Lanka in 2019, on the team’s first tour to Pakistan since the 2009 Lahore attack, but it was not until 2021 that he became their regular captain. Under him, Sri Lanka won 23 out of 41 ODIs and 22 out of 48 T20Is. The highlight of his tenure was the 2022 T20 Asia Cup victory in the UAE where Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in the final. Also notable were ODI series wins against South ...

Jan 1, 2024 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Akila Dananjaya, Angelo Mathews, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Binura Fernando, Chamika Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka (vc), Dasun Shanaka, Dhananjaya De Silva, Dilshan Madushanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Dushmantha Chameera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Kamindu Mendis, Kusal Janith Perera, Kusal Mendis, Maheesh Theekshana, Matheesha Pathirana, Nuwan Thushara, Pathum Nissanaka, Pramod Madushan, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Wanindu Hasaranga (c)

People Inbetween: Ethnic & Class Prejudices in British Ceylon-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Michael Roberts …. presenting a talk which he delivered at the National Trust in Colombo in June 2018 following a brief to the effect that he should present motifs from the book People Inbetween. The Burghers and the Middle Class in the Transformations within Sri Lanka, 1790-1960s, (Ratmalana, Sarvodaya Book Publishing Services, 1989) and more specifically its first chapter viz. “Pejorative Phrases: The Anti-colonial Response and Sinhala Perceptions of the Self through Images of the Burghers.” Many think People Inbetween is a history of the Burghers. Not so. It is multi-faceted. It describes (a) the rise of the middle class in British times, an influential force within which the Burghers were a critical element and a vanguard in the questioning of British rule; (b) the initial strands in the development of Ceylonese nationalism and (c) the development of Colombo into a metropolitan hub that became the island’s hegemonic ...

Dec 31, 2023 Posted by eLanka admin In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged Alakēsvara yuddhaya, Michael Roberts, Sandadas Coperahewa